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Super Blue Lunar Eclipse

Featured on January 30, 2018

The Moon will turn dark red or orange in the early hours of January 31 as it passes through Earth's shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse similar to this one in 2014. The eclipse occurs at full Moon. Since this is the second full Moon of January, it's also known as a Blue Moon. And because it is closer to Earth than average, it's a Super Moon. [Alfredo Garcia Jr./Wikipedia]